Categorical Pediatrics Program Leadership
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Carrie Rassbach, MD, MA Ed
Clinical Professor
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Carrie Rassbach, MD, MA Ed is the Program Director for the Pediatrics Residency Program. She is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Her research interests include coaching, assessment, learning enviroment and professional development for both learners and faculty. She is the past founding Fellowship Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship at Stanford and past founding Director of the Pediatrics Residency's Coaching Program. More Nationally, she serves on the Association of Pediatric Program Directors' (APPD) Program Directors' Executive Committee, and is past Chair of the APPD Assessment Learning Community and the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Directors' Executive Council. Dr. Rassbach received her Master of Education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education and is a graduate of the Stanford School of Medicine's Rathmann Fellowship for Medical Education Research and the Academic Pediatrics Association's Educational Scholars' Program. In addition to working at Stanford, she loves spending time with her husband, four kids, dog, guinea pig, and friends.
Associate Program Director, Advising
Lahia Yemane, MD
Clinical Professor
General Pediatrics
Lahia Yemane, MD (Associate Program Director, Advising and Recruitment) is the advising APD for the class of 2028. She is a Clinical Professor in General Pediatrics, and her educational interests focus on building and evaluating innovative diversity and inclusion programs and studying barriers and facilitators for the inclusion and retention of underrepresented in medicine (UIM) trainees. She is the inaugural Assistant Dean for GME Community Engagement & Learning Environment and co-founder of the Stanford Medicine LEAD (Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity) Program. More Nationally, she is a board member, the past chair of the UIM in Pediatric GME learning community and founder of the Advancing Inclusiveness in Medical Education Scholars (AIMS) Program within the Associate of Pediatric Program Directors.
Associate Program Director, Advising
Kim Hoang, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Kim Hoang, MD (Associate Program Director for Advising and Career Development) is the advising APD for the class of 2027. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the Pediatric Residency Coaching Program. Her educational interests include coaching in graduate medical education, promoting learner autonomy in clinical settings, and health equity. Dr. Hoang recently completed the Rathmann Foundation E4C Medical Education Fellowship in Patient-Centered Care and has served as the Pediatric Specialty Career Advisor for the Stanford School of Medicine.
Associate Program Director, Advising
Sara Kibrom, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatric Nephrology
Sara Kibrom, MD (Associate Program Director for Advising and Wellness) is the advising APD for the class of 2029. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Nephrology with research interests in healthcare disparities and social determinants of health, specifically by assessing for potential barriers to optimal care in children with kidney disease. She also has an interest in increasing representation in pediatric subspecialities and serves as the Associate Director of Promoting Resident Experiences in the Subspecialities at Stanford (PRESS) program.
Associate Program Director, Curriculum
Elisa Phillips, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Elisa Phillips, MD is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She is the Associate Director of Curriculum and Pediatric Mental Health Rotation Director for the Pediatric Residency Program. Her research interests include well-being, curriculum design and assessment, leadership development, and professional identity. She is a former resident and chief resident of the Stanford Pediatric Residency Program and completed the Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy’s Rathmann Family Foundation Fellowship in Patient-Centered Care.
Associate Program Director, Curriculum
Peggy Han, MD
Clinical Professor
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Peggy Han, MD (Associate Program Director for Curriculum, Subspecialties) is a Clinical Professor in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She leads the rotational reviews for the subspecialty rotations and her educational interests include curriculum design and learner assessment. She also serves as Medical Director of PICU ECMO and one of the leaders for the Medical Education Scholarly Concentration.
Associate Program Director, Primary Care & Continuity Clinic
Geoffrey Hart-Cooper, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
General Pediatrics
Geoffrey Hart-Cooper, MD (Associate Program Director, Primary Care and Continuity Clinic) is a Clinical Associate Professor in General Pediatrics. He leads the continuity clinic experience and primary care education for our program – spanning a wide variety of clinical experiences including federally qualified health centers, private practices and HMOs. In addition to his medical education role, he also leads as the Digital Health Physician Advisor for Packard Children’s Health Alliance and Founder of the Stanford Virtual PrEP Program for Adolescents and Young Adults.
Director, Scholarly Concentrations
Clea Sarnquist, DrPH, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Clea Sarnquist, DrPH, MPH ( Program Director for Scholarly Concentrations) is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. She focuses on applied teaching and research on the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to decrease gender-based violence, prevent HIV infection, and improve family planning access and uptake, especially among adolescents and children. More She is particularly interested in rights-based approaches that tackle the complex interplay of factors that lead to poor health for many children and families. All of her work is applied, with direct links health practice and policy, and usually performed in conjunction with non-governmental organization and government partners. She works both globally and in the U.S., with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Less
Associate Director, Scholarly Concentrations
Rasika Behl, MPH
Program Manager
Stanford Global Child Health
Rasika Behl, MPH, is a Program Manager in the Stanford Global Child Health program and the Associate Director of the Scholarly Concentrations as well as a co-leader of the Global Health Scholarly Concentration. Much of her work, past and present, centers around evaluating programs that aim to improve population health, focusing on maternal and child health. More She has experience working globally (in India, Kenya and DRC) as well as in the US on a variety of research projects, including evaluating health/nutrition programs for children <5, access and uptake to family planning services, and evaluation of sexual assault prevention programs on college campuses.
Director, Residency Quality Improvement
Kiki Boyd, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Kiki Boyd, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. She is the Director of Residency Quality Improvement leading residents in analysis of events that have affected or have the potential to affect patient safety and guides the residents through quality improvement projects.
Pediatrics Chief Residents
Puja Agrawal, MD, PhD
Amali Fernando, MD
Cary Wright, MD, MS
Freddy Damen, MD, PhD
The chief residents' scholarly project this year is Enhancing Bag-Mask Ventilation Proficiency in Pediatric Residents.
Associate Director, Pediatrics Residency Education
Carrie Johnson, MBA
Associate Director, Pediatrics Residency Education
Carrie Johnson is our incredible Associate Director of Pediatrics Residency Education, who helps oversee program accreditation, office administration as well as our recruitment and program development.
Pediatrics Residency Coordinator
Carrie McGaughey, BS, RN
Pediatrics Residency
Program Coordinator
Carrie McGaughey is our amazing Pediatric Residency Coordinator. She is an integral part of our team leading recruitment and orientation, while assisting with curriculum development and learner evaluations.
Pediatrics Residency Coordinator
Margaret Capalia, BS
Pediatrics Residency
Program Coordinator
Margaret Capalia is one of our incredible Pediatric Residency Coordinators, who oversees Resident medical licensing and program informational materials, while assisting with ACGME compliance and recruitment.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE
Professor, Pediatric Nephrology
Adalyn Jay Physician in Chief, LPCH
Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Adalyn Jay Physician in Chief at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. She assumed these positions on July 1, 2016. More
Energetic and collaborative, Dr. Leonard is a compassionate clinician and researcher who cares deeply about improving the health and well-being of children everywhere. A graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Mary returned to Stanford Medicine in 2014 after spending 25 years at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.
At Stanford, her multi-disciplinary research program is focused on the impact of chronic diseases on bone metabolism and nutrition across the life span. Mary directs the innovative and trans-disciplinary child and maternal health research and training initiatives of the Stanford Child Health Research Institute.
Mary is a distinguished investigator, an expert clinician, and a respected mentor who embodies the academic and integrated mission of Stanford Medicine. A member of the Precision Health Committee, she is committed to Stanford Medicine’s vision of proactive and personalized health care and has been at the forefront of efforts to integrate Precision Health approaches and skills into our training programs.
Pediatrics Residency Associate Program Coordinator
Tiana Fukushima, BA
Pediatrics Residency
Associate Program Coordinator
Tiana Fukushima is our amazing Associate Program Coordinator who helps with daily office maintenance and programmatic needs.
Pediatrics Residency Scheduler
Soo Ji Kim, MARA
Pediatrics Residency
Program Scheduler
Soo Ji Kim is our fantastic Pediatrics Residency Scheduler who coordinates Resident schedules and rotations.